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JLPT N2 SL6 11 strokes Frequency: #1050

Meanings

stretch, spread, put up, set up, strain, tighten, attach, extend

Radicals

Decomposition

⿰弓長

Etymology

Pictophonetic: bow

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 11

Stroke Order

1 corner bottom-right-to-top-left
2 horizontal bottom-to-top
3 corner bottom-to-top
4 vertical right-to-left
5 horizontal right-to-left
6 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left
7 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left
8 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left
9 corner bottom-right-to-top-left
10 diagonal bottom-right-to-top-left
11 diagonal bottom-right-to-top-left
On'yomi (Chinese reading)
チョウ chou
Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)
ha
ba
はる haru

to stretch, paste, or set up

はり hari

noun form; stretched object or tension